Hermann Schreiber

Hermann Schreiber ( born August 21, 1882 in Schrimm ( Srem today in Poland); † September 27, 1954 in Berlin) was a doctor of philosophy, rabbi to Potsdam, publicist.

Teens

Hermann Schreiber came from a resident in Srem family that had already assimilated in his time ( the Jewish community in the province of Posen known in the second half of the 19th century. Mainly in German language and culture). Hermann Schreiber's father, Pedasur writer, was a religion teacher in the Jewish school and rabbi 's assistant in Schrimm; his mother, Balbina born Schreier, ran the household. Hermann was the youngest child and only son in the family. After passing the Abitur at the Gymnasium in Schrimm in 1901 Hermann Schreiber studied at the Conservative Jewish Theological Seminary in Breslau, where he was ordained a rabbi, then at the University of Breslau, where he received his doctorate of philosophy. Approx. In 1910 he married Charlotte Neumann, who bore him the son of Paul.

Activity in Germany

In the years 1912 to 1938 Hermann Schreiber lived in Potsdam. He wrote articles in magazines (including Israelite Family Group Sheet ), translated the Pentateuch from Hebrew into German, was for many years a rabbi in the synagogue in Potsdam. He was chairman of the Jewish Liberal Youth Association, founded in 1921 in Potsdam, was also active in the Association of Schrimmer, which was founded in Berlin in 1902 by Jews who came from Schrimm and emigrated to the German Reich later.

Exile in Britain

After the seizure of power by the Nazis in 1933 Hermann Schreiber, as well as other German Jews, persecuted by the Nazi regime. During the Kristallnacht in 1938 he witnessed the demolition of Potsdamer synagogue. Soon after, he was sent to Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Early in 1939, after his release from the camp, he succeeded with his wife and son to emigrate to Britain, where he lived in London. He continued his journalistic work continued, writing articles in the English language, merits acquired for the construction of the Beis Din ( court house of the synagogue association ( Association of Synagogues ) in the UK). He also took the life of the Jewish community in Amsterdam in part, and since 1952 he visited Berlin ( West), where he participated in the celebrations of the Jewish New Year. During one of these visits, he died during the celebration in the synagogue in the Pestalozzi Street in Berlin, just after he had preached a sermon there. Hermann Schreiber was buried in the Jewish Cemetery in Berlin Weissensee.

Memoirs

On March 6, 1927 to mark the 25th foundation celebration of the Association of Schrimmer, Hermann Schreiber gave a lecture, which was then published in print form under the title Schrimmer childhood memories. The memories are a valuable source for research on the history of Jews in the province of Posen. Writer tells it about the daily lives of his family and other Jews who lived in Schrimm then, about their traditions, customs, and Jewish festivals, but also about the lives of Germans and Poles - the inhabitants Schrimms. The memories have been translated into English. In 2008, the memories have been translated into Polish and published by Krzysztof Budzyń in " Sremski notatnik Historyczny " ( Schrimmer Historical Notebook).